sexta-feira, 14 de julho de 2017

Senate Republicans’ revised health bill is aimed at shoring up faltering GOP support, but the bill’s future remained precarious as at least two Republicans quickly vowed to oppose it, bringing the proposal within a single vote of potential collapse.1659in 11 hours

A federal judge ruled President Trump’s strict approach in implementing a temporary ban on U.S. entry for some travelers from six Muslim-majority countries contradicted the Supreme Court.149in 18 hours

Bank earnings season gets under way, and calm markets, the Fed and lighter lending are among the factors seen influencing results. J.P. Morgan, the largest U.S. bank by assets is expected to report higher earnings and revenue.in 19 hours

In their final days in Mosul, Islamic State militants dispatched dozens of suicide bombers—including women with babies in their arms—and searched homes for young boys they could force into battle, said Iraqi commanders who led the fight and residents who survived.in 11 hours

Ambition Doesn't Take a Vacation.

Online fantasy-sports operators DraftKings and FanDuel, which set aside their fierce rivalry last year and announced plans to merge, called off the tie-up in the face of opposition from U.S. regulators.in 11 hours

Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen said in her second day of testimony that a stronger labor market and rising prices of imported goods supported her view that the downturn in inflation would prove transitory.in 7 hours

A 20-year-old man confessed Thursday to murdering four young men whose whereabouts have been the subject of an intense search on farmland north of Philadelphia since Sunday, the man’s lawyer said.in 13 hours

Peter W. Smith, a Republican political activist and financier from Chicago who mounted an effort to obtain former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s emails from Russian hackers, died on May 14 after asphyxiating himself in a hotel room in Rochester, Minn.in 18 hours

Brazil’s left-wing parties rallied around former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after he was sentenced to almost a decade in prison for corruption, throwing plans for a political comeback into disarray.in 9 hours

British government ministers are apparently keeping calm and carrying onin the face of the many challenges posed by Brexit negotiations, showing a lack of urgency that bewilders Brussels, Stephen Fidler writes.in 9 hours